BIO

Patrick Boehler has published on China and Southeast Asia in four languages for publications in the US, Europe and Asia. After stints with Austria's ministries of defence and foreign affairs in Vienna and Beijing, he began his reporting career in Kuala Lumpur with the Malaysian online news portal Malaysiakini and, later, The Irrawaddy Magazine, a Myanmar exile publication in Thailand. He holds a doctorate in political science and has taught journalism at the University of Hong Kong.
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Residents light candles that form the words "Dingxi July 22" during a candlelight vigil for victims of the morning's earthquake that hit northwest China's Gansu province in Loudi city in south China's Hunan province Monday July 22, 2013. Photo: AP

PoliticsReuters
China remains committed to steering its economy towards consumption as the main growth driver, says Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli.QuartzWhy it’s news that China’s president stood in the rain with his pants rolled up.Time
"Things got especially strange because a big we’re-in-new-territory and a significant here-we-go-again China story hit simultaneously," writes Jeffrey Wasserstrom.The Diplomat
"So soon in their terms, the 'new' leaders at least have space to aim for quality and sustainability", writes Kerry Brown.

Foreign affairsBusinessweek
The triumph of Japan's PM Shinzo Abe's party could lead to a shift in focus from the economy to foreign policy and moves to counter China.The Times of IndiaVideo: The Indian Army is assessing if the Chinese are working on a three-pronged Chinese strategy, the war zone campaign, according to a confidential Indian Army report from 2010.Global Times*
Chinese embassy in the Phillipines suspends consular services over anti-Chinese demonstration.People's Daily Overseas Edition*
China has to rebuff European, American lobbying for further stimulus measures.